Mastodawn

RIP to a real one.

The Soul of a New Machine may be the best technology book written, but House was a beautifully-crafted and deeply humanist book. Funny too!

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.V1A.Q-jg.JJqQwhmKtnD2&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

The New York Times

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meFrans Feb 7

@mterburg @DanielleVossebeld Al we toch gaan rekenen zijn het 3 voetbalvelden en een spelersbank

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meFrans Jan 25

@markmccaughrean Good news inderd, Chili is big enough to locate greed somewhere else.

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meFrans Dec 30

@lothcat Job and pennyless walking the british coastline.

meFrans Nov 19

Koen Hufkens, PhD Nov 19

We live in a managerocracy. Everyone wants to be a "manager", nobody wants to do the work. It's not surprising GenAI bullshit machines are so popular as you can cosplay being a manager, while "outsourcing" all the work.

#gripes #oldmanshoutsatcloud

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meFrans Nov 16

@redsad A dutch performer, Ramses Shaffy had a song with the same observation. Very long ago (1966 ish) so I could not find it on internet.

meFrans Nov 3

ESO Nov 3

Open Sesame!

The doors of our Extremely Large Telescope have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.

The ELT dome and its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert in #Chile.

https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/

📹 ESO/ACe

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science #engineering

Open Sesame: The ELT doors move for the first time

www.eso.org

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meFrans Nov 1

@sitnikfriday Isnt it time for an Ed van der Elsken meets Erwin Olaf exhibition ?

meFrans Oct 19

@ionica Wiskunde is zooo 1800 .... voor Christus

meFrans Sep 21, 2025

@ionica Populaire voordeur :)